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senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this campaign. trying to distance themselves from mourdock while at the same time not throwing him under the bus. >> we saw the obama campaign jump on this pretty quickly. do they plan to keep those attacks up beyond today? >> well, to the extent that this continues to be part of the new cycle, certainly. they believe they have been trying to paint the portrait. when it comes to women's health issues and them having control over their own bodies and the republican party is dangerous. the campaign jumping on this right away and the traveling campaign saying tha
senior romney advisers were out of sight all day long. and here in iowa, and i think this is what happens when the romney campaign has a new cycle that gets out of his control. we saw that happen earlier today. before they put out that statement saying what they wanted to do. one of their top surrogates in new hampshire senator ahat who was on his list of running mates said she was not going to be joining richard mourdock on the campaign trail today. this is threading the needle for this...
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the negative ads against mitt romney all summer long have evaporated after mitt romney's performance in denver, and that's precisely the gamble that mitt romney was making last night, that he wants to carry that momentum forward and not allow the negative attacks to stick if he is boisterous or rambunctious. >> 30 seconds left and, amy, you will start. the likability factor among our polling dipped for president obama with all of that attacking that may stick, so quick line from you, amy, and quick line from john. was it worth it on a foreign policy debate that might not have been watched by that many people to go for the gust owe and yet perhaps lose likability? >> when you attack your opponent, you may bring his negatives down but you also bring your own negatives down. i think last night you saw mitt romney was playing for the center, the undecideds. when he talked about bipartisan ship, president obama was playing to the base. those zingers were went to get up the base. it is a get out the vote effort at this point. >> obama can lose a little in the likability, but i agree. i thi
the negative ads against mitt romney all summer long have evaporated after mitt romney's performance in denver, and that's precisely the gamble that mitt romney was making last night, that he wants to carry that momentum forward and not allow the negative attacks to stick if he is boisterous or rambunctious. >> 30 seconds left and, amy, you will start. the likability factor among our polling dipped for president obama with all of that attacking that may stick, so quick line from you, amy,...
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governor romney, 51%. why after all this time does governor romney beat president obama when it comes to the question of who could best handle the economy? >> well, first of all, candy, there's a plethora of polls out there. >> a lot of them sort of show this, david. >> i actually prefer the cnn polls. i like the one you put out on friday where we were ahead in ohio and in states like ohio and elsewhere people know the reality, which is the president took tough steps to save our economy from freefall to save the auto industry, which governor romney would not have done, and he has a vision of how to move this economy forward. that will rebuild the middle class. that will -- and governor romney who runs around this country now saying i represent change doesn't represent change. he what he represents is a return to a failed task. >> still more feel think the governor would do better with the economy than the president. >> in that particular poll -- in that particular poll, candy, that may be the case, but in
governor romney, 51%. why after all this time does governor romney beat president obama when it comes to the question of who could best handle the economy? >> well, first of all, candy, there's a plethora of polls out there. >> a lot of them sort of show this, david. >> i actually prefer the cnn polls. i like the one you put out on friday where we were ahead in ohio and in states like ohio and elsewhere people know the reality, which is the president took tough steps to save...
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>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he is in the white house. so when i look at people like the former speaker, when i look at other republicans, pretty much every republican candidate who has ever run against mitt romney, all accuse him of having tremendous character flaws, not having a core, being willing to say anything to make it to the white house. this is not kind of where you look at a person and say well, this person's not qualified. >> i just said to beau biden earlier, it's all very well saying that but what about barack obama, i remember this being a very big moment, i was proud of it because i was against guantanamo bay.
>> you keep asking me who the real mitt romney is. i have no clue who the real mitt romney is. you had the speaker, newt gingrich, former speaker, newt gingrich on before. please youtube what the speaker said about mitt romney and think about what would make the speaker change his mind so much. when the speaker was talking about mitt romney when he was running against him, he calls him a flat-out liar. he said of mitt romney any man who will lie to get to the white house will lie when he...
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are romney officials concerned? >> you are concerned about everything that happens at this point in the campaign. they have an ad running in a state with mitt romney, they did not ask for it to be taken down. i spoke with a romney senior adviser who said they did test owning this after the whole todd akin case in missouri, and they say what they discovered, when somebody makes a stupid remark, they aren't going to blame mitt romney for it they feel like this story won't have much of an impact on them. >> alex, you looked into this in the past, have you done ads. do you agree it doesn't have much of an impact on romney? >> this too shall pass. it's more of a distraction, and that's the cost the campaign pays. instead of talking about the economy and jobs which is what mitt romney rather talk about, he has to spend a couple of hours discussing this. >> it's been a news cycle. we've been talking about this all day. >> not really. it's fairly clear what mourdock meant. he was not talking that god willed women to be rape
are romney officials concerned? >> you are concerned about everything that happens at this point in the campaign. they have an ad running in a state with mitt romney, they did not ask for it to be taken down. i spoke with a romney senior adviser who said they did test owning this after the whole todd akin case in missouri, and they say what they discovered, when somebody makes a stupid remark, they aren't going to blame mitt romney for it they feel like this story won't have much of an...
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>> i think it's going to be romney. i've thought that since he was the nominee. >> you didn't want him as nominee, though. >> there was a brief period where as i say i ran off with a biker but i came back to the responsible choice and i think, i mean, the reason i said two years out when people were still thinking sarah palin might be the nominee or ron paul, it was a long time out when i said if we don't run christie it will be romney and he'll lose. i took that back six months later because obama's made such a mess of the economy. i travel a lot out in america and people are really, really hurting. there are a lot of people who are unemployed, underemployed, they know they're not doing what they should be doing. obama care is coming down the track like a bullet train and a lot of people are going to have to go out of business or have already gone out of business. >> where do you give obama credit? most powerful arguments i hear are where a republican can give the democratic president some credit and vice versa, where
>> i think it's going to be romney. i've thought that since he was the nominee. >> you didn't want him as nominee, though. >> there was a brief period where as i say i ran off with a biker but i came back to the responsible choice and i think, i mean, the reason i said two years out when people were still thinking sarah palin might be the nominee or ron paul, it was a long time out when i said if we don't run christie it will be romney and he'll lose. i took that back six...
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that's what sets mitt romney back. he has the $5 trillion in tax cuts and then calls for $2 trillion of the defense department doesn't even ask for. so he builds another $7 trillion whole before you even get started. erin, you covered a lot of territory in the lead-in. i would just say, budgets are always compared to what? and the committee for responsible federal budget, which is the leading to fix the debt campaign, did analysis in february of the president's budget plan and the romney budget plan. and they found that the romney budget plan would explode the deficit much more than the president's plan, which brings the deficits under control, under 3% of gdp, by the tenth year, stabilizes the debt to gdp ratio and gets this under control. whereas the romney plan, according to the folks who are leading the fix the debt campaign, explodes the debt in comparison. >> what about the cbo, they scored the president's plan over that ten-year period. this year, through 2022. and they say the budget would be $6.4 trillion, $3.
that's what sets mitt romney back. he has the $5 trillion in tax cuts and then calls for $2 trillion of the defense department doesn't even ask for. so he builds another $7 trillion whole before you even get started. erin, you covered a lot of territory in the lead-in. i would just say, budgets are always compared to what? and the committee for responsible federal budget, which is the leading to fix the debt campaign, did analysis in february of the president's budget plan and the romney budget...
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romney at 206. the magic number is 270 and to that end, there is good news for president obama and not so good news for mitt romney in the buckeye state. ohio is home to 18 electoral votes and a new poll out tonight shows president obama leading there by five points over mitt romney. 49-44 and among those who have already voted because there's early voting going on, this is pretty incredible, obama has a 2-1 lead over romney, 60-30%. but on voters who have yet to cast their ballot, candidates are running dead even. 45-45. that is really difficult for mitt romney. if the overall ohio numbers hold, can romney become the first republican to win the oval office without ohio? "outfront" tonight, one of romney's competitors, rick santorum, author of "american patriots." great to see you. appreciate you taking the time. do you think mitt romney can make history and win the white house if he doesn't win ohio? >> certainly the numbers add up in winning other states. i don't think governor romney is conceding
romney at 206. the magic number is 270 and to that end, there is good news for president obama and not so good news for mitt romney in the buckeye state. ohio is home to 18 electoral votes and a new poll out tonight shows president obama leading there by five points over mitt romney. 49-44 and among those who have already voted because there's early voting going on, this is pretty incredible, obama has a 2-1 lead over romney, 60-30%. but on voters who have yet to cast their ballot, candidates...
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and i think romney's going to do very well. last night he's presented the leadership that he would bring domestically on issues here at home and he's going to be able to present that same leadership on foreign policy. women care about leadership. they care about problem-solving, getting the job done, working across the aisle. and governor romney is someone who has proven that he's a leader, can get the job done, proven that he can work with democrats. 87% of his legislature in massachusetts were democrats. i think he's going to do very well tomorrow night. >> congressman edwards, you can look at it and point a has to be osama bin laden. after that, how do you expect him to -- what do you expect him to bring to the table tomorrow night in terms of foreign policy as a way to show his leadership? >> i think president is definitely going to talk about his impressive record when it comes to foreign policy. when it comes to understanding and have a command of the state of the world and i think the president demonstrates that, i think
and i think romney's going to do very well. last night he's presented the leadership that he would bring domestically on issues here at home and he's going to be able to present that same leadership on foreign policy. women care about leadership. they care about problem-solving, getting the job done, working across the aisle. and governor romney is someone who has proven that he's a leader, can get the job done, proven that he can work with democrats. 87% of his legislature in massachusetts...
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indiana and missouri also shift from lean romney to safe romney. cnn now estimates that mitt romney's leading in states with a total of 206 electoral votes, the president's leading in states with 237. it takes of course 270 to win the white house. listen to mitt romney today talking in cedar rapids, iowa. >> our campaign is growing into a movement across this country that says we're going to get america back, we're going to get america strong, we're going to provide for our families. >> jack welch is a big supporter of mitt romney and he'll be reacting to all this in a moment. but in the meanwhile, president obama is in the midst of a 48-hour nonstop campaign exhibition making time to sit down with brian williams at nbc's "rock center." >> people say what did i say i was going to do in 2008 and what have i delivered? and they can have some confidence that the things i say i mean. >> we begin tonight with governor deval patrick of massachusetts here to try the case for the president. governor, how are you? >> i'm great, piers, how are you? >> somebo
indiana and missouri also shift from lean romney to safe romney. cnn now estimates that mitt romney's leading in states with a total of 206 electoral votes, the president's leading in states with 237. it takes of course 270 to win the white house. listen to mitt romney today talking in cedar rapids, iowa. >> our campaign is growing into a movement across this country that says we're going to get america back, we're going to get america strong, we're going to provide for our families....
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we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it comes time to stand up for our beliefs and values overseas, they think we are a super power in decline. >> reporter: and there you have paul ryan last night in colorado trying to rev up a campaign rally. you know, we talk a lot about benghazi and how it's going to be an issue tonight. i think it's going to be an issue in a broader spectrum for mitt romney to try to talk more about terrorism in the middle east and, of course, paul ryan there talking about what america's standing is, and i think he's speaking directly to the report now that the u.s.
we haven't heard a whole lot from mitt romney. he's been in debate prep this weekend, in debate prep right now. but his running mate paul ryan addressed that last night in colorado. >> what peace through strength means is our adversaries are much less willing to test us, they're less brazen, and our allies are more willing to trust us. what it means is our adversaries when they see us projecting weakness, when they see us hollowing out our military, when they see us equivocating when it...
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where does governor romney and ryan go. just as important or more important, campaigns have to make decisions and the obama campaign recently borrowed $15 million. money is not scarce. these guys have raised a boat load of money and not taking public financing and not subject to caps, but you are at a point where you have to make consequential decisions and every decision is make or break. we are talking to democrats and they will wait and see what happens in the 48 hours with the numbers. if the answer is no and florida and north carolina are moving his way, they think the smart thing to do is scale back and build a fire wall in the midwest. >> you have done commercials for candidates. how does it work logistically and how often are they polling and how much communication is there between the ad people and the poll people to determine our ads? >> sometimes the ad people tell you way too much communication with the polling people. the ad guys and they do the math. it's a little bit about and they are polling around the cloc
where does governor romney and ryan go. just as important or more important, campaigns have to make decisions and the obama campaign recently borrowed $15 million. money is not scarce. these guys have raised a boat load of money and not taking public financing and not subject to caps, but you are at a point where you have to make consequential decisions and every decision is make or break. we are talking to democrats and they will wait and see what happens in the 48 hours with the numbers. if...
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mitt romney got it wrong. i think it underscores how badly he handled the whole topic. >> you and others say candy was wrong. >> i'm a fan of candy. i've written that before. i think she's a good interviewer here. she blew it on her substance and on her role as moderator. on the judge it with us not whether he sad acts of terror but whether he specifically identified this act as terrorism. he did not. >> he. >> excuse me. let me finish. >> he described the film at the beginning of his speechlt he spoke very movingly about the victims and then in the lakt twoing ates -- >> not in the same paragraph with benghazi. never said it was a ben zba city attack and fehr her to take sides. my interpretation may be wrong, i'll grant you that. but for her to take sides and intervene went well beyond and it was in the context of a debate. she gave mitt romney -- >> on this point, what's been lost in all the chatter is that candy said the transcript would reflect to president obama she then said to mitt romney it did take tw
mitt romney got it wrong. i think it underscores how badly he handled the whole topic. >> you and others say candy was wrong. >> i'm a fan of candy. i've written that before. i think she's a good interviewer here. she blew it on her substance and on her role as moderator. on the judge it with us not whether he sad acts of terror but whether he specifically identified this act as terrorism. he did not. >> he. >> excuse me. let me finish. >> he described the film at...
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so i asked governor romney, how low can you stoop, governor romney, to allow your attorney to launch this attack on a single mom who you know cannot defend herself because she is still under that gag order. >> we'll see what happens, obviously, with the legal action here. let's turn to indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who said this. let's remind ourselves of what he said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> gloria, we talked about this issue before. you were a victim of rape, had a legal abortion. does this stagger you that these politicians running for the senate, second one now, would say such extraordinary things about something as sensitive as rape and abortion and so on? >> well, i wish i could say that it surprises me but it doesn't, because there is that kind of extremism in the republican party. we heard it from todd akin, who is running for the u.s. senate seat from missouri, when he talke
so i asked governor romney, how low can you stoop, governor romney, to allow your attorney to launch this attack on a single mom who you know cannot defend herself because she is still under that gag order. >> we'll see what happens, obviously, with the legal action here. let's turn to indiana senate candidate richard mourdock, who said this. let's remind ourselves of what he said. >> i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is a gift from god and i...
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does pressure on mitt romney grow? >> you know, if there were something substantive underneath it the story might continue but it's pretty clear what he meant. he was talking about a baby and life was god's will, not that -- god's will that a woman be raped. you know, anderson, looking at these surveys, this survey is a bit of an outlier. mitt romney has been closing the gender gap with women since the first debate. i think one of the things that's happening here is the obama campaign has had this very focused campaign of women are a collection of reproductive parts, that's the only thing they care about are these kind of issues as opposed to having enough respect for women to understand that guess, what they participate in the economy, they're the engine of economic growth, they're starting most small businesses in this country. and i think it's a little bit demeaning to say that women only care about one thing and one thing only. and i think that's one of the reasons that obama's having a problem, an increasing probl
does pressure on mitt romney grow? >> you know, if there were something substantive underneath it the story might continue but it's pretty clear what he meant. he was talking about a baby and life was god's will, not that -- god's will that a woman be raped. you know, anderson, looking at these surveys, this survey is a bit of an outlier. mitt romney has been closing the gender gap with women since the first debate. i think one of the things that's happening here is the obama campaign has...
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both from the romney campaign and the obama campaign, both on abortion. >> those ads say mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraceptions seemed a bit extreme, so i looked into it. turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option many cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. >> banning all abortions? >> i would be delighted sign that bill. >> trying to mislead us. that's wrong. but ban all abortions? only if you vote for him. >> so obviously somebody thinks this is a great way to turn out female voters. >> it's worked for democrats in virginia traditionally on that issue, but, look, romney wasn't anywhere near richmond when what mark talked about was going on. i have to add obama doesn't benefit of having mark warner on the ticket. >> kill you with kindness here. >> let's talk about abortions. that's been -- they hit me on the same issue. they hit john warn other the same issues. they hit anybody with the label. it doesn't fit. >> frankly, it's still a very conservative state in so many places. these abortion issues
both from the romney campaign and the obama campaign, both on abortion. >> those ads say mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraceptions seemed a bit extreme, so i looked into it. turns out romney doesn't oppose contraception at all. in fact, he thinks abortion should be an option many cases of rape, incest, or to save a mother's life. >> banning all abortions? >> i would be delighted sign that bill. >> trying to mislead us. that's wrong. but ban all abortions?...
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obama has 122 to romney's 40. in florida, obama has 102 to romney's 48. and in virginia, 47-29. a bit closer there. that's just those three states. and quickly, john, i have to wrap it up. but the other battleground states, are they representative like this, as well, in terms of obama really just -- almost 5-1, outnumbering romney in the battleground -- in the ground game effort. >> it is pretty consistent. across the nation, obama has around 750 local headquarters. mitt romney's campaign has around 280. but, again -- >> wow. >> folks in the romney and republican camp will tell you the rnc is deeply invested in ground game, particularly, and these headquarters are just one metric. what really matters is voter contacts, voter outreach. and republicans feel they have an edge there. but the obama campaign has been at this the last 18 months during the whole time romney was running to get the nomination, the obama campaign was focused on building out their ground game. >> ali and john, thank you very much. >> whose shirt? >> i'm not -- i'm not getting -- i'm going to show you one th
obama has 122 to romney's 40. in florida, obama has 102 to romney's 48. and in virginia, 47-29. a bit closer there. that's just those three states. and quickly, john, i have to wrap it up. but the other battleground states, are they representative like this, as well, in terms of obama really just -- almost 5-1, outnumbering romney in the battleground -- in the ground game effort. >> it is pretty consistent. across the nation, obama has around 750 local headquarters. mitt romney's campaign...
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romney agreed with obama. the one area where i think obama gained an advantage, he quickly pointed out that romney was indecisive or waffled on an issue oregon back and forth. he kept saying, being commander in chief is about being consistent. i think that was probably the most effective line of attack. >> did he set a vision for why he should have four more years? >> the president? >> not any more than i think we've heard other than in the -- you know, in the summation. but i think what was striking to me. i heard from someone working with the president. in the word cloud should have been i agree. what we heard from mitt romney -- that may muddle things with him. with people who were looking for a clear way to make a decision. >> is it okay to say, i agree now, when earlier you were saying something else? >> that's the problem. if you watched the primary debates, romney was much more muscular and attacking the president on foreign policy. >> if you look at one thing i was struck by. afghanistan, he said, the
romney agreed with obama. the one area where i think obama gained an advantage, he quickly pointed out that romney was indecisive or waffled on an issue oregon back and forth. he kept saying, being commander in chief is about being consistent. i think that was probably the most effective line of attack. >> did he set a vision for why he should have four more years? >> the president? >> not any more than i think we've heard other than in the -- you know, in the summation. but i...
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mitt romney was asked this question today. he chose not to answer it. as you said, don, this is all about foreign policy, or maybe it's not. tomorrow night's debate certainly will be centered on that. they'll be talking about israel and iran. they'll be talking about afghanistan and pakistan. they'll be talking about china. don, they will also be talking about the economy. that's the number one issue in this election. >> that is the number one issue in this election. foreign policy has i think 4% people think it's a priority when it comes to who they're going to vote for. how important is this next debate, mark? traditionally, debates don't make much of a difference, put after the president's performance in the first debate, he lost momentum, now mitt romney is gaining momentum. >> not only did he lose momentum nationally, he's lost momentum in battle ground states right now. tomorrow night is the most important night of the election, we say that every week. i know we sound like a broken record. the fact of the matter, that is true. whoever turns in a s
mitt romney was asked this question today. he chose not to answer it. as you said, don, this is all about foreign policy, or maybe it's not. tomorrow night's debate certainly will be centered on that. they'll be talking about israel and iran. they'll be talking about afghanistan and pakistan. they'll be talking about china. don, they will also be talking about the economy. that's the number one issue in this election. >> that is the number one issue in this election. foreign policy has i...
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. >> mitt romney every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney tries to break out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> is that a bit harsh, or is that what mitt romney needs to do? get on to the topic of the economy and not deal too much with the intricacies of syria? >> to do so you have to show confidence as it relates to world affairs. i also think that the united states is ready for a change. it knows it's off track. it wants to make that change. to the extent that mitt romney can project himself as the next commander in chief, as the president of the united states, then i think the people are willing to make that choice. certainly, there's a direct tie between our economic strength, our military strength, and our position in the world. >> obviously, the voters are the ones here in the united states that m is trying to appeal to. are you concerned about his reputation overseas? it wasn't a particularly successful overseas trip he did when he seemed to offend londoners over the olymp
. >> mitt romney every second you're talking about foreign policy is wasted, which might mean that romney tries to break out of that and tries to bring home some of the foreign policy issues to domestic economic issues. >> is that a bit harsh, or is that what mitt romney needs to do? get on to the topic of the economy and not deal too much with the intricacies of syria? >> to do so you have to show confidence as it relates to world affairs. i also think that the united states...
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mitt romney is going to get the first question tomorrow night. they'll both have a chance then to answer the question and then there will be a discussion on it. this is going to be about foreign policy largely, but we can't forget about the economy. that will be a major theme tomorrow night. one of the themes when it comes to foreign policy surely is going to be this report from "the new york times" about how the u.s. has been in discussions about having one-on-one meetings with iran right after the elections. now, the administration has said that that, in fact, is not true. that there is no agreement. mitt romney was asked about it and he chose not to address the question. but one of his surrogates, lindsay graham, was on the talk shows this morning and he talked about it. >> well, i think the iranians are taking advantage of our election cycle to continue to talk. they continue to enrich. >> reporter: it won't just be about iran. it's going to be about afghanistan and pakistan. it's going to be about the new middle east and the new threat of te
mitt romney is going to get the first question tomorrow night. they'll both have a chance then to answer the question and then there will be a discussion on it. this is going to be about foreign policy largely, but we can't forget about the economy. that will be a major theme tomorrow night. one of the themes when it comes to foreign policy surely is going to be this report from "the new york times" about how the u.s. has been in discussions about having one-on-one meetings with iran...
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romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is going to tell us what is going on behind the scenes at a debate right now. she knows from her experiences, plus, bill clinton's advised the next president about avoiding another disaster. first, another debate flashback. >>> the republican nominee and governor michael dukakis. >> governor, if kitty were raped and murdered, would you favor an irrevocable death penalty for the killer? >> no, i don't and i think you know i've proposed the death penalty. >> losing that passion at that moment may have hurt him clearly in that
romney's waffling. we're spending $2 billion a week in afghanistan. $2 billion to spend in any of these american cities. $100 billion a year. i think there's a way, this sort of hesitancy on romney's part could be an economic issue. but i don't think that some of these other issues with regard to the economy, like china, that has not been discussed well enough in the lead up. i think there's a big discussion to be had about china. i don't think romney is as credible. >> candy crowley is...
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romney, 48% to 40%. let's get right to senior congressional correspondent dana bash who was watching that debate. good morning. >> good morning. look, we know this entire election year debates have really mattered. but this one was a little bit tricky because it's about foreign policy. that's not high on the priority list for voters. so each candidate really tried to make it a test of leadership. especially the president. >> reporter: mitt romney came wanting voters to see him as commander in chief. the commander in chief came determined to make sure that didn't happen. >> i know you haven't been in a position to actually execute foreign policy. but, every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> reporter: time and time again the president's harsh criticism dripped with sarcasm. >> a few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing america, you said russia. not al qaeda, you said russia. the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back. because,
romney, 48% to 40%. let's get right to senior congressional correspondent dana bash who was watching that debate. good morning. >> good morning. look, we know this entire election year debates have really mattered. but this one was a little bit tricky because it's about foreign policy. that's not high on the priority list for voters. so each candidate really tried to make it a test of leadership. especially the president. >> reporter: mitt romney came wanting voters to see him as...
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mitt romney has the momentum. you got the sense that american people are so focused on the economy this cycle. foreign policy debates like this are not going to click. >> and the early part of the debate last night i thought mitt romney did fairly well. president obama dominated the better of the debate. i think he did emerge winning on debate points. >> david gurg insaid he thinks he passed an important test in this debate called the commander in chief test. >> cnn political reporter peter hammy says from 9:00 to 10:45 eastern last night, the top five rising searches on google were horses and bayonets, syria, molly, drones, and tumult. if you missed last night's debate including all the tumult, tune in to cnn noon eastern for an encore presentation. >> and president obama talking about the strength of our economy on his watch as commander in chief. >> and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> so is this true? we're going to go live to washington to get the real story. hmm, it says he
mitt romney has the momentum. you got the sense that american people are so focused on the economy this cycle. foreign policy debates like this are not going to click. >> and the early part of the debate last night i thought mitt romney did fairly well. president obama dominated the better of the debate. i think he did emerge winning on debate points. >> david gurg insaid he thinks he passed an important test in this debate called the commander in chief test. >> cnn political...
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that may be good for romney. drew westen, thank you so much. >> happy to be on. >>> there is one thing president obama and mitt romney can agree on. rg3. we'll hear what they had to say about the redskins' rookie quarterback and bringing washington together. [music: artist: willy moon song: "yeah yeah" label: universal] ♪ everybody well don't you know it's me now? ♪ ♪ yeah who's it, who's it huh? ♪ ♪ willy's back with a brand new beat now, ♪ ♪ yeah doin' it doin' it up! ♪ heyyy yeah, tryin' to bite my style! ♪ ♪ heyyy yeah, how you like me now? ♪ ♪ na na na na na na na na ♪ and everybody go uh! >>> now is your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. the question for you this morning, yes, it's your turn. seriously? are there still undecided voters? 15 days to the election. hard to believe, right? it seems this election has been going on since time began. most of you want it to be over already. except maybe those undecided voters. i mean, seriously, how could that be? mi
that may be good for romney. drew westen, thank you so much. >> happy to be on. >>> there is one thing president obama and mitt romney can agree on. rg3. we'll hear what they had to say about the redskins' rookie quarterback and bringing washington together. [music: artist: willy moon song: "yeah yeah" label: universal] ♪ everybody well don't you know it's me now? ♪ ♪ yeah who's it, who's it huh? ♪ ♪ willy's back with a brand new beat now, ♪ ♪ yeah doin'...
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mitt romney on sunday. virginia, it is truly up for grabs and our chief national correspondent john king takes us on a tour of this key battleground state. >> reporter: ten straight presidential elections reliably red and then blue for president obama. pop it up and closer because i want to show you something. see what i just drew in? northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else, john mccain and barack obama even. the mar join 234,000 states. all of it from right here. urgency in a place once reliably red. >> this is bob calling from the republican party in virginia. >> reporter: mitt romney's path to the white house runs through virginia and to win it he must run strong in the fast-changing suburbs within an hour's drive of washington. >> all about northern virginia. there have been so many people moving in to northern virginia particularly from northeast and democratic areas that they have turned a solid red state in to a purple state. >> reporter: they like the trend line. >> if you look at the dozen polls
mitt romney on sunday. virginia, it is truly up for grabs and our chief national correspondent john king takes us on a tour of this key battleground state. >> reporter: ten straight presidential elections reliably red and then blue for president obama. pop it up and closer because i want to show you something. see what i just drew in? northern virginia suburbs. everywhere else, john mccain and barack obama even. the mar join 234,000 states. all of it from right here. urgency in a place...
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romney spoke to them on the record. i didn't understand why it was going to background, as they say, or off the record, and then the newspaper has said, you know, we did speak to him, but we can't tell you what he said because it was off the record. it was on background. the campaign -- the president does go through some issues there. maybe he didn't want to make it public. he says he is confidented that imgrigs reform will be done if he is re-elected. maybe in the first year he says there will be a grand bargain in his words as far as the budget is concerned. he goes on to say he will push for infrastructure investment meeting more spending for bridges and roads, and he promises that that $4 trillion deficit reduction target will be met. he said if i am re-elected he said the latino vote will be critical. i don't think that's a surprise, but normally you don't hear a presidential candidacy i'm going to be re-elected because i'm going to do really well among latinos. >> i guess it was advisable that the campaign changed
romney spoke to them on the record. i didn't understand why it was going to background, as they say, or off the record, and then the newspaper has said, you know, we did speak to him, but we can't tell you what he said because it was off the record. it was on background. the campaign -- the president does go through some issues there. maybe he didn't want to make it public. he says he is confidented that imgrigs reform will be done if he is re-elected. maybe in the first year he says there will...
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this hour we'll hear from mitt romney. he will speak to supporters in reno, nevada, before jetting off to iowa for a speech tonight in cedar rapids. president obama was first on the trail this morning in davenport, iowa. and take a look at this. before the day is over, he'll have appeared in four states, in addition to iowa. he's got stops in colorado, nevada, plus "the tonight show" taping in southern california. here is the president ticking off some of his achievements at stop number one today. >> i said i'd bet on american workers and american ingenuity and while the other guy was saying let detroit go bankrupt, i went in there and worked with them, the workers and the management, and we saved a dying auto industry that is back on top of the world. on issue after issue we are moving forward. after losing 9 million jobs in the great recession, our businesses have now added more than 5 million new jobs over the past 2 1/2 years. manufacturing is at its highest level since the '90s. unemployment has fallen to its lowest l
this hour we'll hear from mitt romney. he will speak to supporters in reno, nevada, before jetting off to iowa for a speech tonight in cedar rapids. president obama was first on the trail this morning in davenport, iowa. and take a look at this. before the day is over, he'll have appeared in four states, in addition to iowa. he's got stops in colorado, nevada, plus "the tonight show" taping in southern california. here is the president ticking off some of his achievements at stop...
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then goes after romney. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden. i told the american people that this was an act of terror and the suggestion that anybody in my team would play politics or mislead when we have lost four of our own governor is offensive. >> that set off an exchange that may go down as one of the most remarkable in the history of televised presidential debates. >> you said in the rose garden it was an act of terror. it was not a spontaneous demonstration. >> please proceed, governor. >> i want to make sure we get to that for the record. it took the president 14 days before he called the attack in benghazi an act of terror. >> he did in fact. let me call it an act of terror. he did call it an act of terror. >> only after the debate maybe she was the one with her facts wrong. charles krauthammer was part of the coverage. >> she waked away from it. her intervention was in front of 70 million people who will remember that and not know anything about her walking away. >> then on thursday, a report claims that secretary of state clinton or
then goes after romney. >> the day after the attack, governor, i stood in the rose garden. i told the american people that this was an act of terror and the suggestion that anybody in my team would play politics or mislead when we have lost four of our own governor is offensive. >> that set off an exchange that may go down as one of the most remarkable in the history of televised presidential debates. >> you said in the rose garden it was an act of terror. it was not a...
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romney is the definitive favorite in florida. are you as confident add nate sounds in a win for mitt romney in your state? >> florida is always going to be tight. i feel very confident that governor romney is going to win florida. not only do you see the changing of the polls. you just feel it out there. people are concerned about where we're headed and they see mitt romney and somebody who can fix the economy. >> you see what i see is really interesting? we've been talking about polls over the last week. let me throw this one up, a cnn/orc poll that breaks it down to white and nonwhite in the state of florida. white vote is mitt romney would get 61% according to our polling. and president obama 35%. if you look at nonwhites, mitt romney takes 24% of the nonwhite vote, president obama 74%. let's focus on that 24% number. how worried is the gop in general about that? not just for this election but in general. you extrapolate out our nation is getting more diverse, that's got to be a worriship number for you. >> i think that the de
romney is the definitive favorite in florida. are you as confident add nate sounds in a win for mitt romney in your state? >> florida is always going to be tight. i feel very confident that governor romney is going to win florida. not only do you see the changing of the polls. you just feel it out there. people are concerned about where we're headed and they see mitt romney and somebody who can fix the economy. >> you see what i see is really interesting? we've been talking about...
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mitt romney has endorsed mourdock. here it is, for all the world to see. >> this fall, i'm supporting mitch arrested mourdock for senate. as state treasurer, richard worked with daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the liberal reid/pelosi agenda. >> now romney is distancing himself from mourdock's latest comments, but don't expect him to run very far. he says mourdock's are way different than congressman todd akin. aiken talked about a magical uterus that could prevent pregnancy after rape. mourdock expressed his strong belief that god creates all live. what's unclear, whether any of this will affect the race between romney and obama. talkback question for you. do candidates' comments on rape and abortion influence your vote? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolcnn. your comments, later this hour. >>> hurricane season, of course, not over yet. residents in jamaica are ge
mitt romney has endorsed mourdock. here it is, for all the world to see. >> this fall, i'm supporting mitch arrested mourdock for senate. as state treasurer, richard worked with daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the liberal reid/pelosi agenda. >> now romney is distancing himself from mourdock's latest comments, but don't expect him to...
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it's mitt romney at 44%, president obama at 49%. and if you look specifically at women, president obama holds a lead there, with registered female voters, 51%, to 43%. that tightens up a little bit, though, when you look at likely female voters, 52% to 41%. none of those numbers, though, should make anybody on either side particularly comfortable. how worried are you when you look at those polls, 47% to 47%? >> well, you're right, soledad. i mean the polls are showing this is an extremely close race. i think everybody expected this race to tighten up as we got toward the finish line. i do think if you look at the battleground state polls, which will determine the election, the president still has a lead in places like ohio. but, nobody should be taking anything for granted, and the president certainly is not taking anything for granted. turnout is essential. as is that battle for the dwindling number of undecided voters. >> let's talk about endorsements. i'm going to read some of the ones that have now endorsed mitt romney. this one
it's mitt romney at 44%, president obama at 49%. and if you look specifically at women, president obama holds a lead there, with registered female voters, 51%, to 43%. that tightens up a little bit, though, when you look at likely female voters, 52% to 41%. none of those numbers, though, should make anybody on either side particularly comfortable. how worried are you when you look at those polls, 47% to 47%? >> well, you're right, soledad. i mean the polls are showing this is an extremely...
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i talked to a senior romney strategist leading the hotel where mitt romney has been doing his debate prep about an hour ago and asked about this possibility. they said that they are preparing for a president who will not come out like a lamb. and even though that -- this debate setting tonight is going to be around a round table discussion, i just talked to a democratic source a few moments ago, brooke, who said if you look at how they're going to be seated at the table tonight, it is going to be very interesting. bob schieffer will be across from them, but then mitt romney and president obama will be seated very close to one another. so unlike last week, at the town hall debate, where they were crossing the stage to invade each other's personal space, they will already be in each other's personal space. >> like the vice presidential debate. >> reporter: right. >> back and forth and back and forth, right. >> reporter: that's right. so you may see -- i was talking to a democratic source about this and they said, they don't have to walk up to each other, they may be kicking each other
i talked to a senior romney strategist leading the hotel where mitt romney has been doing his debate prep about an hour ago and asked about this possibility. they said that they are preparing for a president who will not come out like a lamb. and even though that -- this debate setting tonight is going to be around a round table discussion, i just talked to a democratic source a few moments ago, brooke, who said if you look at how they're going to be seated at the table tonight, it is going to...
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romney's attack on mr. obama's decision not to visit israel during his first foreign president. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and by the way, you skipped israel. >> if we're going to talk about trips that we've taken -- >> reporter: for factory workers in ohio, the flare up over romney's opposition to the auto bailout. >> iran, mr. president. >> no, i am not wrong. >> people will look it up. >> and for military voters in virginia, romney's charge that the size of the navy is at 1917 levels. >> well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets because the nature of our military's changed. >> reporter: it was hardly a direct hit for either candidate. as it turns out, every marine still undergoes bayonet training. and the fact checking watchdog blame the president for the current navy fleet levels as pants on fire. now, as for the president's blueprint that he laid out earlier today talking about his second term agenda, we did talk to some senio
romney's attack on mr. obama's decision not to visit israel during his first foreign president. >> you went to the middle east and you flew to egypt and saudi arabia and turkey and iraq. and by the way, you skipped israel. >> if we're going to talk about trips that we've taken -- >> reporter: for factory workers in ohio, the flare up over romney's opposition to the auto bailout. >> iran, mr. president. >> no, i am not wrong. >> people will look it up....
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has moved that into the leaning romney campaign. talk about what the analysis of those states is at this point. >> so that's obviously very good news for the romney campaign. they need lock up as many states and put them away, so they can focus on other battlegrounds. the president is taking his tour through six battleground states that the obama campaign still feels that they can win or challenge romney to continue to spend money in. and we have been hustling through them. in the last days, we've been in florida, now i'm here twice, ohio, colorado, we'll be going to virginia. the president was in nevada last night and he's also been in iowa and he's making a stop along the way to vote, to early vote in illinois, because the early vote is so crucial for the obama campaign to turn out their forces. part of this, soledad, i think is a mind fake, a little bit to get out the -- to force romney to keep spending money in some of the states where he might actually have an edge, although the obama people won't admit that, states lake florid
has moved that into the leaning romney campaign. talk about what the analysis of those states is at this point. >> so that's obviously very good news for the romney campaign. they need lock up as many states and put them away, so they can focus on other battlegrounds. the president is taking his tour through six battleground states that the obama campaign still feels that they can win or challenge romney to continue to spend money in. and we have been hustling through them. in the last...